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MUKONO v GWENZI 1999 (1) ZLR 117 (S)

1999 (1) ZLR p117

Citation

1999 (1) ZLR 117 (S)

Case No

Judgment No. S-212-98

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Muchechetere JA

Heard

16 November 1998

Judgment

16 February 1999

Counsel

H Zhou, for the appellant
T A Toto, for the respondent

Case Type

Civil appeal

Annotations

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Flynote

Delict — adultery — claim under customary law — woman committing adultery with man — whether woman married to the man in customary law marriage can sue adulterous woman

Human rights — discrimination — on grounds of sex — whether intention of legislature in passing Legal Age of Majority Act now included in the General Law Amendment Act [Chapter 8:07] was to eliminate discrimination against all women over the age of eighteen

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